Download or read book Take Me Out to the Airfield written by Robert Quackenbush and published by Parents Magazine Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A picture-book biography of the Wright brothers who made the first successful motor-powered flight in the history of mankind.
Download or read book Of Spies and Lies written by John F. Sullivan and published by Modern War Studies. This book was released on 2002 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "John Sullivan was one of the CIA's top polygraph examiners during the final four years of the war in Vietnam, where he served longer and conducted more lie detector tests than any other examiner and worked with more agents than most of his colleagues. His job was to evaluate the reliability of the agency's information sources, an assignment that gave him a more intimate view of the war than was afforded most other participants.".
Download or read book First Love Last written by Helen Bonner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-09-02 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helen Bonner's late-life memoir. A love story punctuated with wisdom from the ages.
Download or read book Unspeakable written by John Bercow and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When John Bercow retired as Speaker of the House of Commons on 31 October 2019, he had become one of the most recognisable and iconoclastic figures in British politics, occupying a ringside seat during one of the most febrile periods in modern British history. In his no-holds-barred memoir, he offers verdicts on the leading figures of his era - from Tony Blair to David Cameron, Theresa May to Boris Johnson, and charts his extraordinary political journey. UNSPEAKABLE is essential reading for anyone interested in politics and how our democracy is - or should be - run.
Download or read book A Boy from Barnhart written by Herbie R. Taylor and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-11-09 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone has a story to tell, a legacy to leave to both living family and future generations. In his memoir, A Boy from Barnhart: Times Remembered, author Herb Taylor shares his life story and legacy, from his coming of age on large ranches and small towns in West Texas to his subsequent career as a professional army officer. Taylor writes of life and its realities during the drought years of the 1950s. He chronicles the people, places, ideas, and incidents he encountered during a twenty-eight year army career, as well as his struggle with a lifelong alcohol addiction and the death of his childhood sweetheart after a thirty-five year marriage. He writes of the good times and the not so good, the ordinary and the unusual, in a casual, personal, and informative way that captures the times and his life experiences. Equal parts genealogy, history, travelogue, and memoir, Taylors memories are the emotional account of a life well-lived, as well as an interesting and intricate record of times gone by.
Download or read book The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook written by Rebecca Rupp and published by Three Rivers Press (CA). This book was released on 1998 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists all the resources needed to create a balanced curriculum for homeschooling--from preschool to high school level.
Download or read book Survivors of Stalingrad written by Reinhold Busch and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In November 1942 – in a devastating counter-attack from outside the city – Soviet forces smashed the German siege and encircled Stalingrad, trapping some 290,000 soldiers of the 6th Army inside. For almost three months, during the harshest part of the Russian winter, the German troops endured atrocious conditions. Freezing cold and reliant on dwindling food supplies from Luftwaffe air drops, thousands died from starvation, frostbite or infection if not from the fighting itself. This important work reconstructs the grim fate of the 6th Army in full for the first time by examining the little-known story of the field hospitals and central dressing stations. The author has trawled through hundreds of previously unpublished reports, interviews, diaries and newspaper accounts to reveal the experiences of soldiers of all ranks, from simple soldiers to generals. The book includes first-hand accounts of soldiers who were wounded or fell ill and were flown out of the encirclement; as well as those who fought to the bitter end and were taken prisoner by the Soviets. They reflect on the severity of the fighting, and reveal the slowly ebbing hopes for survival. Together they provide an illuminating and tragic portrait of the appalling events at Stalingrad.
Download or read book The MAC Flyer written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plane Justice written by H.C Hannah and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2017-06-21 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen years ago, high-flying businessman Graymond Sharkey found himself in a maximum security prison. He was serving a life sentence for a brutal double murder committed at a deserted airfield in the English countryside. The evidence against him was overwhelming.But Graymond knows he is innocent. On his release from prison he is determined to find, and bring to justice, the real killer. In his search for the truth, Graymond realises that someone, somewhere, will go to any lengths to keep it hidden...
Download or read book Playing the Mind Game Exercises with Her written by Noel Williamson and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman becomes involved with a mysterious, powerful individual after there is a deadly at-fault accident on her part. Her identity is changed and becomes a part of his global altering plans.
Download or read book The Fly By Nights written by Donald W. Feesey and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2007-03-29 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of eighteen Don Feesey volunteered for pilot training with the RAF. Having almost completed his course to become a fighter pilot, an eye problem was detected and he was switched to navigational training. He completed a tour of thirty-four successful operations, the majority at night during 1944 and 1945 at the height of the bomber offensive. On one remarkable sortie his Lancaster lost all power and the order to bale out was given. As the aircraft gradually lost altitude, making a safe parachute descent more impossible by the second, Don was about to jump when the pilot, still at the controls, attracted his attention. It was a life or death situation. Should he jump or go to the assistance of his pilot, leading to an almost certain death? He elected to go to the aid of what he thought was his trapped pilot but to his astonishment he found that the skipper had nursed one engine back into life, so the only two remaining crew managed to struggle back across the Channel, only to find that at 700feet they could not climb over the usually welcome white cliffs of Dover. They turned for Manston, the nearest airfield and flew along the coastline to make an eventual safe landing.
Download or read book The Sniper from Stalingrad written by W. T. Wallenda and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-02 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stalingrad 1942 - 19-year-old Alfred Miller is a member of the 100th Panzer Division and learns to know and hate the cruel horrors of war during the fierce and costly battles for the "Red October" factory. Thanks to his marksmanship, he becomes a sniper. After the encirclement of the 6th Army, the young Austrian wanders through the ruins of the dying city on the Volga in the coldest winter for years, both hunter and hunted. Hunger, cold, misery, death and fear are his constant companions. The war hits hard and merciless every day. The soldiers are brutalized, the hope of salvation dies. Ultimately, there are only two ways to escape suffering and a grim fate: either get on one of the planes out of the cauldron, or die. - realistic, unsparing novel - Information about the sniper system of the Wehrmacht - Original photos from WW II
Download or read book Journal of Asian Culture written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Lightnings to MiGs written by Russ Peart and published by Air World. This book was released on 2021-10-13 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Royal Air Force pilot chronicles his career flying during the Cold War in this memoir featuring previously unseen photographs. It was supposed to be just a training flight. The two Soviet-manufactured MiG 21s, each with two practice bombs and four air-to-ground rockets, were lined up on the runway in Bangladesh at the height of the Cold War, when air traffic control suddenly reported an incursion by Indian Air Force Jaguars. Though ill-equipped for combat, the two MiGs were scrambled. One of the MiGs’ pilots was an RAF officer—Squadron Leader Russell Peart. On a seven-month loan to the Bangladeshi Air Force, Peart suddenly found himself at the centre of the simmering hostility between two neighbouring nations. By the time they reached the area that had been threatened by the Indian pilots, the Jaguars had gone. Later, when Squadron Leader Russell Peart spoke of the incident to the British High Commissioner, he was told not to shoot down any Jaguars as the Indians had still not paid for them! Russell Peart flew many other aircraft in his varied career, including the MiG 19, and while a test pilot at Boscombe Down trialled such designs as the Tornado GR1. But it was whilst he was seconded to the Sultan of Oman’s Air Force, particularly during the so-called “Secret War” in Dhofar, that he saw the most action. In that theatre the author flew some 200 operational sorties, 180 of which involved live fire, during which he was hit many times. He was also hit and wounded by a 75mm shell. Russ Peart has written in detail of his exciting RAF career, from flying Lightnings in the Far East to winning the top prize in the International Tactical Bombing Competition against a handpicked team of United States Air Force fighter pilots and being awarded the Sultan of Oman’s Distinguished Service Medal. Supplemented by a selection of previously unseen photographs, this uniquely original memoir throws new light on the operational flying undertaken by some RAF pilots during the tense years of the Cold War. Praise for From Lightnings to MiGs “Absorbing and highly entertaining. . . . I have no hesitation in recommending From Lightnings to MiGs as an engrossing and enjoyable read for anyone with an interest in military aviation.” —RAF Historical Society “There’s some pretty jaw-dropping stuff in here.” —Rowland White, author of Vulcan 607
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Download or read book Strange View from a Skewed Orbit written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful memoir of the fantasy, science fiction, mystery, western, and young adult writer, Ardath Mayhar, whose seventy books and hundreds of short stories have charmed readers throughout the world.
Download or read book Vietnam Through My Eyes written by Ralph Boirum and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2024-07-24 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring true story of an infantryman in the jungles, the Mekong Delta, and during the Tet Offensive in Vietnam. Note from the Author Vietnam was a tough, unpopular war. It was fought by tough men and women, who by the very act of being there, themselves became unpopular. Returning home to the States after a year of monumental effort and personal sacrifice, a GI was often scorned, even spat upon. The jubilant welcome experienced by their fathers returning from Europe and the Pacific twenty years previously was nowhere to be seen. No one wanted to hear about Vietnam and relatively few veterans wrote about their experiences. Most did their best just to forget and get along with their lives. Only now, more than 50 years later, is there an acceptance and appreciation of the sacrifice and valor shown by so many. Unfortunately, many are no longer with us. Lives were shortened by the effects of battle or exposure to chemicals, or just an excess of years, such that many veterans never lived long enough to begin to feel the appreciation they deserve. By describing his own war, I hope some of the remaining vets can relive their own experiences and appreciate themselves for their effort and sacrifice. The F-100 streaked in low, barely a couple hundred feet over the scrubby treetops. Its 20mm cannon rounds tearing up the brush, throwing earth & vegetation into the air with loud buzzing, popping thunder. As he neared the low point in his shallow dive, two dark, oblong objects fell from his wings. Three-bladed slats immediately deployed from the trailing end of each object, slowing them to allow the plane to get out of blast range of the Mark-82 Snake Eye 500-pound bombs. Down! someone yelled, unnecessarily, as this was the third bombing run in as many minutes by the two jets providing our air support. I flattened out behind the low dike in the stubble of the dry rice paddy and closed my eyes against the dust that would be raised by the exploding bombs. I was already soaked with sweat and filthy as the warm, dry rice paddy dirt stuck to every damp surface. I momentarily forgot the itching that comes with sweat, filth, and a week in the same dirty clothes. Incredibly loud, almost simultaneous crumps and violent shocks that took the breath away followed by the buzz of shrapnel flying overhead announced the bombs’ detonations.
